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Diaries.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Refers to books containing the daily, personal accounts of the writer's own experiences, attitudes, and observations. (AAT) Use to refer to all personal diaires, whether by a named individual or not. (NLS) .

Found in 2591 Collections and/or Records:

Journals of the 2nd Earl of Minto chiefly political in content and including detailed reporting of discussions in Cabinet on foreign and home affairs., 1848-1852.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11995-11998
Scope and Contents

The journals are of interest for the study of the Russell administration. MS.11995 records the 2nd Earl of Minto's disagreement with the rest of the Cabinet over the question of Sicily, on which he threatened to resign. All the volumes display generally the 2nd Earl's very strong pro-Italian sentiments and hostility to Austria.

Dates: 1848-1852.

Journals of the Reverend William Anderson., 1831-1853.

 File
Identifier: MS.2982
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: 'Journal from 1831 to 1835', 'Journal from 1836' to 1840, and a loose leaf recording events from 27 February to 1 March 1853.

Dates: 1831-1853.

Journals of William Soutar, with a notebook of cross-references to items in journals 1 and 2., 1930-1943.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8660-8669
Scope and Contents

These journals, which were kept concurrently with William Soutar's diaries (MSS.8730-8758), were used for more elaborate discussion of his daily thoughts on politics, art, philosophy and religion, as well as for a considerable amount of self-analysis. The journals end abruptly in 1940, and do not resume until July 1943, when Soutar took to writing his 'Diary of a Dying Man', which, together with his diaries, was used in compiling ‘Diaries of a Dying Man’, (Edinburgh, 1954).

Dates: 1930-1943.

Lectures, lecture notes and journals of James Wright and Walter Macleod, ministers of Lauriston Street Original Secession Church, Edinburgh.

 File
Identifier: MSS.14228-14231
Scope and Contents

For James Wright's career, see David Scott, ‘Annals and statistics of the Original Secession Church’ (Edinburgh, 1886), pages 562-563.

Walter Macleod succeeded Wright in the charge of Lauriston Street Original Secession Church, Edinburgh on the latter's death in 1879.

Dates: 1850-1901.

Letters, 1916-1918 and undated, of Cecile Walton to Eric Robertson, and a letter, 1929, of Dorothy Ratcliffe.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11858
Scope and Contents

Includes letters, 1917-1942 and undated, of various correspondents and a transcription of the diary, 1907, of Eric Robertson.

Dates: 1907-1942 and undated.

Letters, 1917-1962, to Margaret Mackenzie Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6035
Scope and Contents

Concerning her literary work, correspondents including Algernon Blackwood, Walter de la Mare, Harold Nicolson and Robert Sutherland.

With a diary, 1946-1947, of Margaret Mackenzie Scott.

Dates: 1917-1962.

Letters and papers, circa 1806-circa 1861 of Sir Pulteney Malcolm and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8364
Scope and Contents

Including his journal for June to September 1815, and letters, 1713-1780, of the family of Douglas of Cavers.

Dates: 1713-circa 1861.

Letters and papers of Major General Sir Alexander Mackenzie of Coul, 6th Baronet., 1710-1777, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1337
Scope and Contents

Contains letters, 1758-1777, and his journal, 1761-1765, which covers the first period of his service in India, and describes the expeditions against Usuf Khan in 1763 and against Suraja Dowla in which he took part; family papers and letters about the family, 1710-1743, undated.

Dates: 1710-1777, undated.

Letters and papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale; and papers of Lord Charles Hay., 1715-1761.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7044-7097
Scope and Contents Most of the letters addressed to the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (MSS.7044-7074) date from 1742 to 1745 and are written to the Marquess in his capacity as Secretary of State for Scotland. They include regular letters on Scottish affairs from the Keeper of the Signet, the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor General, and others; a series of letters (mostly copies and in duplicate) on the progress of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion from Sir John Cope and others; and a large number of letters soliciting the...
Dates: 1715-1761.